Darlin Diva,
rescued October 2014

How to Adopt or Foster
Forever Morgans is a network of volunteers that helps Morgans in dire straits find new homes. We are a “virtual barn” with no facility. Our horse are in foster homes all over the country.

To adopt or foster, the first step is to fill out an Application to Adopt or Application to Foster. This form is both the application and the contract. It is for the protection of the horse, not to keep you from adopting or fostering one, and spells out the expectations and responsibilities for both the adopter/foster and Forever Morgans. The application process includes reference checks.

Available Horses

Updates on individual horses are provided when available. Forever Morgans strives to provide information that is as accurate as possible.
The online catalog includes ads for many of the horses, although the most recent rescues may not be included.

Featured Horse

Suddenly

Nonesuch Suddenly has an undiagnosed hind limb injury. She has had a chiropractic treatment and is improved but needs further diagnostics to determine the exact issue and if it's resolvable. She showed some response to fetlock flexion so diagnostic nerve blocks are recommended to differentiate a lower versus upper limb issue.

At this point, further diagnostics are needed to determine if Nonesuch will be rideable or pasture pet. Should not be ridden until a diagnosis is made.

Special Needs Horse
Adoption fee will be waived on the condition that the contract between the adopter and FM is amended to include specific agreements about future treatment and training.

Recent Rescues, in quarantine

These horses are currently boarded at a quarantine (QT) facility; due to the nature of QT, they cannot be handled much. Information is still limited to what we know but will be updated as soon as it is available.

Boarded

Horses in the listed section below are currently boarded. The horses have completed quarantine and are ready to move to a foster or adoptive home. The provider gives excellent care, but due to the number of horses at the facility the horses cannot receive much individual attention and are not able to be ridden. Forever Morgans has to pay standard rates for their board and care. Please consider adopting or fostering one of these horses.

Harvey

He does ride. He is hard to catch but is good once haltered. He is afraid of people and shakes when they come near - this poor boy needs someone with patience and love who can teach him how to trust again and that not all humans will do to him what clearly was done in the past.

More info as we receive it.

Currently in Foster Homes

These horses have completed quarantine and are now in foster homes. Fosters treat the horse like it is one of their one; they help to evaluate and work with the horse to help it find a forever home. Some fosters can provide formal training, others simply offer a safe place for the horse to regain its health and trust. Fosters provide regular updates and photos of the horses. If you are interested in adopting one of these horses, contact forevermorgans@hotmail.com to be put in touch with the foster home for more information.

Kayla

Kayla stands around 14.2 or 14.3. She is a lovely, sweet girl with beautiful big doe eyes! Loves people and loves to be fussed over. Great for vet and farrier. Loads excellent. Will stand quietly for tacking. However, she has not been ridden much over the past year or so. Walk, trot is great but it is hard to get her to canter sometimes. Has only been trail ridden with other horses and is a bit clueless and can get a bit antsy on the trails. Before we had her she had been a buggy horse. I think with a little work she would make a wonderful riding horse. She has an extremely sweet personality. She does well in a stall but prefers the run-in shed.

Ruby

Ruby stands a little over 14H - She's a sweet little girl with a lot of energy! Very fun and comfortable ride W/T/C. Has never bucked or tried to run away with me. She is good for the vet and farrier. Likes being groomed and stands nice while tacking up. Excellent on the trails and down the road - will ride out alone or with others. She does though, as I said, have a lot of energy, therefore I would not recommend her for a beginner. She is very bossy with other mares and always has to be first in the barn. The only real problem I have had with her is that she doesn't like to load. We had been working with her and she was getting much better but due to family illness we have not kept up with that lately.

Copper

Though we've ridden him some, he still has his demons and becomes anxious. He's good on the ground, a lovely uncle for any equine needing comfort or manners and a simple, friendly soul. His face is scarred, so no telling what he's gone through. We do know that his education was rushed, his papers were eventually lost and that he passed through multiple hands.

Ideally he would go to a place where he can continue help raising colts or a quiet pasture to retire on.

Missy

Missy is a very sweet, kind mare who came to foster care thin and depressed with an evident hip injury. She is thriving in foster care with lots of food, turnout, hoof care, massages and teeth floating. She is putting on weight and her hip asymmetry is beginning to change. The masseur has recommended line driving her in straight lines to further help her injury. She is very grateful for any kindness. Pretty and royally bred. She would be an easy companion horse and could well be an equine therapy horse.

Sparticus

Ultras Sparticus, aka Sparky, has been designated as a Special Needs horse due to suspensory ligament damage in his back legs.

According to the vet, it is possible that with time and extensive rehab, he may improve well enough for light work, or at least a good quality of life as a pasture pet, but only time and rehab will tell. In terms of rehab, the vet would recommend wrapping the hind limbs with standing wraps and poulticing every day or every other day to help reduce inflammation. She also recommends short, controlled hand-walking so the ligaments get used but not damaged, and possibly hind shoes for support. More advanced options would be laser or acupuncture therapy. The vet said that on a scale of 1-10 for pain, he is a 3 or 4. She recommends pain medication (Equicox) to keep Sparky comfortable and he could stay on those as long as needed.

Sparky's caretaker would need to be very dedicated. As far as trailering to a new home, his legs would need to be wrapped and if it were a long trip he would need a layover at night.

Sparky is a nice horse who was well-trained for driving. He is a former Amish driving horse who 'couldn't do the 20 miles anymore.' One of his former owners who had Sparky when he was about 4 years old said that he had a lot of common sense but was a little on the hot side at that point in his life. The owner also said that he heard Sparky had gotten into a buggy accident when he was around 5 or 6 years of age. It put a scare into him but he apparently got over it, because he continued to be used as a buggy horse. Sparky is a very nice horse with a beautiful face and a sweet expression. It would be wonderful if a kind adopter would step up and give this pretty boy a chance at a new life!

Bewitched

Bewitched is a lovely, typey (unpapered) mare who would be suitable for an experienced horse owner or an intermediate owner with a trainer. She would benefit greatly from some professional training in order to fulfill her true potential. She appears to have had some saddle training but is far from finished. She would also benefit from a groundwork refresher. Bee is very sweet and is an easy keeper. She is great in a herd and is about in the middle. She loves getting scratches and hugs, and will lay her head on your shoulder - she's a typical Morgan in that regard. She has a lovely head carriage, halters easily and has beautiful motion, with a lovely stride and trot. Bee takes no notice of dogs and cats in the pasture with her, and takes them in stride. She has had a professional evaluation and here are the results: Bee seems to have some fear issues, which may indicate a lack of basic groundwork training. She tends to crowd and circle you and sometimes rushes forward. She is skittish when having her back feet trimmed, so needs a patient, experienced person for that. She often paws the ground, especially when eating. She is not very quiet on the cross ties and will try to turn. She is better single-tied, but still does not stand very patiently. She seems somewhat anxious inside the barn and does not like being in a stall. She loads reasonably well into the trailer; however, she hauled nervously, and was sweating when unloaded. She knows how to lunge reasonably well. Simple ground work, e.g., bending, backing, etc., seems to help her learn how to lead better. When preparing for saddle work, she tacked up nervously but did OK. She was lunged carrying a lightweight western saddle, and reared up. Overall, she was forward, but was not wild. She stood well and allowed a rider to mount. There were no issues while she was led carrying a rider during a short walk. She is likely broke to ride, but would need further evaluation under saddle.

Phoenix

We have decided he doesn’t lunge. He hates it and doesn’t really need to be lunged. He will ride either English or Western. He is still sticky at moving forward but he is getting better. Not dangerous and can be ridden by a experienced /rider. Either adult of older child. Phoenix likes people and is well mannered to work around. Good with Vet. Farrier Bathing Clipping, tying bridling, and saddling. Needs a Strong Leader but can be handled on the ground by anyone. He does wind suck and is a hard keeper because of that. Phoenix is a healthy sound horse. Just needs more riding. He would do well in a pasture where he wouldn’t crib so much.

Misty

We are stepped up for this lovely Tedwin Topic/Fiddler's Trustee granddaughter whose owner has found themselves in a situation where they must find her a new home. She can be lightly ridden and drives. Here's what we have from someone who rides her:
"I keep the rides to about 1/2 hour. She revs up so just about trying to keep her from overdoing it. She requires an experienced and patient rider. If she is harshly ridden makes it worse. She is well behaved on the ground, with a sweet temperament and could potentially be around beginners for that."

Bobby

RH&MJ Aprils Bob-a-Rebob, aka Bobby, will knock your socks off! He is a 10-year-old, 15.1hh, former Amish driver - not broke to ride, but that can be remedied. Great ground manners, bathes, ties, clips, lunges, loads and trailers well. His former owner said he is sensitive to 'white things' since he had a buggy accident. The owner also said Bobby was off in the hind end after the accident. He has a swollen left front fetlock. It doesn't seem to bother him much, but he is off a little at the trot. Bobby has a lot of personality and presence and that goofy, Morgany sense of humor - he is just a doll! If you are interested in fostering, or better yet, adopting Bobby, you need to act fast!

Mina

Mina and her filly, Storm, were part of the feral Easter Twilight herd and on August 14, they were in the first batch of the Morgan Herd at Risk to be rescued. DNA has been done and there was no match for this pair. As more members of the herd are identified, it is possible that further identification may be possible.

The stress of the rescue was too much for Mina and on August 15, she delivered Storm in a crowded pen the day after the herd was rounded up.

Forever Morgans Rescue members arrived the next day. They purchased Mina and Storm and the pair were transported to a nearby farm, where Storm could begin to get the medical attention she needed.

The vet estimates Mina to be 5 years old. Her right eye is blue due to an old injury and it has limited to no vision.

Belle

Belle is a sweet mare with Morgan spunk. She rides and drives, very forward so she would be best suited for an experienced, calm, kind person. She took some time to trust us and her new environment but once she settled she is fine. She does need a large area attached to a stall so she can move around more. If she is put in a stall, her hind legs bother her and become stiff. According to my vet and chiropractor, she has a mild case of Shrivers, so pasture with a stall attached is perfect for her. She does love her stall and large paddock as she move freely between the two. I have not had an issues of soundness with her kept in this set up. However she still is thrush, though we have made lots of progress. Occasionally she maybe be tender on her feet if we have too much rain. Farrier said it takes a long time for new frogs to grow as hers were eaten away severely. She needs her own human and will bond. I believe she is best suited for a smaller framed adult who is comfortable with a forward energetic mare. We have not cantered her yet, I wanted to get her in better shape, I plan on doing that this summer. She is not spooky. I have driven her and I have an adult student who rides her once a week. She is a little flirt, whinnies at all horses who walk by her and is very Mare-ish around new horses and when she is in heat. She squeals and strikes out with her front feet. This is her worse behavior which is not really bad. I have seen worse mares.

Music Rose

She is probably 15H but she is swaybacked. She's made progress, but will still act dangerously if pushed. We go slow and easy with her. We do shots because she won't allow the vet to get close. She should probably have her teeth done, but even sedated she freaks out, so we have not had them done. She is ok for our farrier. Her hooves still need work, farrier is taking off a little at a time.

She is ok under saddle on the trail. She is brave. Sometimes she jigs instead of walking. We have not cantered her. You need to be cautious and quick to mount her, she will cow kick. But she does not buck or try to unseat you. She crosses water, ties overnight, loads ok. She is currently getting alfalfa pellets and senior feed to supplement free choice hay.

Girl

She is a little skittish. She is pushy in her ground manners but responds well to a chain lead shank. We are working on her ground manners. She does stand well for the farrier and has learned to stand to be blanketed and have blankets removed. She also has learned to get along with goats. She has a sweet personality and wants to please.

Reflection

Reflection is a calm, quiet mare who is easy to handle. She is a former broodmare with heavy Funquest lines, a daughter and granddaughter of the popular stallion Pinehaven Chief. She was not familiar with being lunged but tried hard to understand what was wanted; previous owners said that she is not trained to ride or drive and was only used as a broodmare. She has a bit of a swayback, so would not do well being ridden. She is funny about being caught -- she is initially hard to catch, but comes right to you if you ignore her, and once you scratch her neck she stands to put the halter on. Reflection is a sweet mare who would be happy in a quiet, peaceful pasture. She can be an alpha mare, not aggressive but clearly in charge; her foster mom says that she is a good broodmare who is used to running the herd, but does not have to be the boss. She is a very easy keeper.

Ritz

Missy is well and still waiting for a home. She is sweet and would love to have a person to love her. We use her for Riding Lessons and Camps. She rides better to the left than the right due to her eye. Loves bareback. Doesn’t Canter under saddle as it causes her problems with her front leg. She stays sound at the walk and trot. Loves bareback rides. She still cribs and does do well with a large pasture where she wouldn’t crib as much. She is also a hard keeper because of the cribbing. Missy bathes, is good for Farrier, Vet and Dentist. She crossties and lunges well.

From her vet :
Pupil is permanently scarred down. Still positive menace response, but irregular. Vision in left eye is very poor, but some light is getting through. LF severe ringbone present (arthritis with bony changes of the pastern joint). Mild pain on flexion. Mare is suitable for a small adult rider, walk-trot only.

Larue

From the foster home :
Larue has had 3 busy months since he arrived at our barn. Most important is his opinion, was making friends with the other horses and getting used to being on full turn out. He did the usual running and bucking, but he showed good judgment and good manners with the other horses. It was a smooth transition for everyone. Larue was very deconditioned and also had an unusual looking left shoulder/front leg. His left foreleg was weak and it caused an obvious irregularity in his gait. His defect was never painful but all of the turnout must have been exhausting for him, he took a lot of naps. But, the sunshine and exercise have made him a much stronger and happier horse.

Larue is smart, likes attention and tries to please you. He learns quickly. He leads very well, ties, cross ties, is excellent for grooming and bathing, He also loads and trailers very easily and knows how to lunge.

We also made a trip to the vet clinic to get his shoulder evaluated. It appears that the abnormality was a result of a grain based diet and a calcium-phosphorous imbalance. The abnormality in his shoulder affects the strength of the bone as well as the range of motion and flight path of his left front leg. The rhythm of his gait is irregular at the walk but he looks fine at the trot and canter. The vet feels that he will not be sound for riding due to the condition of his shoulder. He is now being offered as a special needs horse.

That being said, Larue is a very beautiful, intelligent young horse. He is a pleasure groom, he loves to do groundwork and I am sure he would easily learn to do some tricks, too. He has a lot to offer in terms of companionship and friendship. He is a great stress reliever who always puts a smile on your face.

Bonnie

An Aristocratic Aire daughter out of a Tedwin Topic daughter, she was a show horse in her youth, and appears to have been trained to ride and drive. Her life appears to have been predominantly as a brood mare. I have been on her back but she is very rusty. I am sure it has been quite some time since she had any under saddle work so I am trying to get her legged up. She was good for the farrier. She leads well but can be a bit strong. She gets along well with other horses but can be a bit shy. She can be a little funny about her head but I think that is from some rough handling in her past. Nothing a little time can’t fix. Her coat is gorgeous!

Pending Adoptions

These horses have adoptions that are pending but not yet completed. Sometimes the adoptions don't go through, so if you are interested in one of these horses, please contact forevermorgans@hotmail.com and you can be notified if the horse becomes available.

The Baptist

This boy is a reg Morgan named The Baptist - 15yrs old - 14.3h. He was saved off the Peabody, KS kill lot and is looking for his adoptive family. He was ridden at the lot but we have not ridden him yet. He is reserved at first but succumbs to scratches easily - he has excellent ground manner.